(a)  The governor may accept, on behalf of the state, retrocession of jurisdiction over Veterans’ Administration property within the state, to establish concurrent jurisdiction between the federal government and the state over lands and interests, including any roads, highways or other lands and buildings of the Veterans’ Administration, within the city of Providence where retrocession has been offered by the administrator of Veterans’ Affairs on behalf of the United States.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 42-1-2.1

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8

(b)  Documents concerning such action shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state and in the office of the registry of deeds of the city of Providence.

History of Section.
P.L. 1984, ch. 81, § 21.